{"id":501,"date":"2009-08-23T14:21:04","date_gmt":"2009-08-23T14:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/?p=501"},"modified":"2009-08-23T14:25:17","modified_gmt":"2009-08-23T14:25:17","slug":"idialog-office-communication-server-iphone-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/08\/23\/idialog-office-communication-server-iphone-client\/","title":{"rendered":"iDialog Office Communication Server iPhone Client"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I wrote a few articles about mobile <a title=\"clients for Office Communications Server\" href=\"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/05\/06\/clients-for-office-communicationsserver\/\" target=\"_blank\">clients for Office Communications Server<\/a>, and particularly the <a title=\"options available for iPhone\" href=\"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/02\/18\/office-communications-server-client-for-iphone\/\" target=\"_blank\">options available for iPhone<\/a> users.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a while coming, but it seems like there\u2019s now a proper OCS client available in the <a title=\"iDialog on the App Store\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewSoftware?id=325807983&amp;mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">App Store<\/a> from <a title=\"Modalty Systems\" href=\"http:\/\/www.modalitysystems.com\/idialog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Modalty Systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"iDialog\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewSoftware?id=325807983&amp;mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">iDialog<\/a> provides presence information on both your personal contacts, and across contacts within the corporate address list (which you can search from the client).\u00a0 You can then either launch an OCS Instant Messaging conversation, or use the iPhone to call any of the numbers listed in the contact info.<\/p>\n<p>IM conversations can be multi-party, and the client can support many simultaneous conversations.\u00a0 They are displayed in the familiar threaded text message format from the iPhone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_0026\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modalitysystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/img-0026-thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0026\" width=\"187\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to IM, the client can make use of VoIP call control to manage voice calls to their OCS VoIP end-point.\u00a0 Incoming VoIP calls to can be forwarded on to either their listed mobile number (presumably the iPhone), voice mail or any other number.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t however a VoIP endpoint in its own right however.\u00a0 Presumably it would not have made it through onto the app store if it had.<\/p>\n<p>From a backend perspective it relies on OCS 2007 or 2007 R2, and make use of the Communicator Web Access server role.\u00a0 Unlike the solution from <a title=\"Web Messenger\" href=\"http:\/\/www.webmessenger.com\/products\/im-all.htm#s3\" target=\"_blank\">Web Messenger<\/a> it doesn\u2019t rely on separate, additional, server infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The app is priced at \u00a35.99, which is pricy for both individuals and corporate deployments.\u00a0 However the web site does mention that corporate licensing options are also available that would \u2013 I assume \u2013 reduce the per seat licensing.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"iDialog on the App Store\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewSoftware?id=325807983&amp;mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">Link to App Store<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I wrote a few articles about mobile clients for Office Communications Server, and particularly the options available for iPhone users.  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